From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 17 20:41:00 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2BCE1065673 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:41:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@stringsutils.com) Received: from zoraida.natserv.net (p65-147.acedsl.com [66.114.65.147]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B18618FC20 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:41:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@stringsutils.com) Received: from zoraida.natserv.net (zoraida.natserv.net [66.114.65.147]) by zoraida.natserv.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C93A81703C; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:40:59 -0400 (EDT) References: <48D09A6A.3060200@infracaninophile.co.uk> Message-ID: X-Mailer: http://www.courier-mta.org/cone/ From: Francisco Reyes To: Matthew Seaman Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:40:59 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Ports Subject: Re: Source install to look like installed package X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:41:01 -0000 Matthew Seaman writes: > You mean you want to generate a /var/db/pkg/portname-1.2.3 > directory with appropriate contents so you can wrangle a bunch > of files already on your hard drive as if they were a port? Yes. > Actually, that's pretty much what the ports system does when you > do an install from source. Check out the commands the 'do-package' > target runs as shown in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk Ok. > Submitting PRs with updates to bring the FreePascal port up to date > will earn you karma points... I am thinking perhaps start out with a "binary" port or a package until I get familiar with the port system. Thanks for the pointers.